Many people have heard of juice fasts as a
means of detoxifying the body. Followers of a raw foods regimen also include
juices as part of their nutrition. Nearly anything can be juiced – fruits and
vegetables, primarily. It’s a form of concentrated nutrition. Some raw foodists
drink only fresh fruit juices.
In addition, fruit and vegetable juices are
good sources of the traditional nutrients. Citrus fruits (grapefruit, oranges,
etc.) provide a healthy portion of vitamin C. Carrot juice contains large
quantities of vitamin A, in the form of beta carotene. A number of green juices
are a good source of vitamin E. Fruit juices are a good source of essential
minerals like iron, copper, potassium, sodium, iodine, and magnesium, which are
bound by the plant in a form that is most easily assimilated during digestion.
While fruit and vegetable juices are the
most common form of juice, wheatgrass juice has been getting a lot of attention
lately because of the denseness of nutrients it contains.
The primary advantage of truly fresh
wheatgrass juice - juice made from raw, live, soil-grown wheat grass, is the
apparent high level of life force energy that it contains. It is one of the few
truly fresh foods available (sprouts are another). The grass is alive and
growing right up to the time it is juiced, and hopefully you are drinking it
within a few minutes or so of juicing.
Most of us get our green veggies from
markets, and they were picked days ago and refrigerated - losing vitality the
whole time. (It is an even worse situation for fruit, which may be picked weeks
before you eat it, and in some cases, held in cold storage for months - losing
vitality the whole time.) In contrast, one can grow wheatgrass indoors, and
enjoy it when it is truly fresh.
In conclusion, drinking plenty of fresh
fruit juices daily will cleanse your system, make you feel completely energized
and last but not least, you will look beautiful. People will wonder what you are doing
differently!
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